Improvement in dolls



W. MILLER.

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WESLEY MILLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF HIS RIGHT To JOSEPHBANIGAN, 0F SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN DOLLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,582, dated June 15,1875; application filed December 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WESLEY MILLER, of NewYork city, in the county and State of New York, have invented anImprovement in Flexible Rubber Dolls, of which the following is aspecification:

My improvement consists in the introduction of a soft wire skeleton orframe within a hollow flexible rubber doll, so that the limbs or partsthereof may be placed or bent in any required position, remaining insuch position, or may be changed from one position to another, the wirewithin holding the parts in the position desired.

A doll so constructed will afford great amusement to a child, as it maybe placed in so many life-like positions, both pleasing and instructive.

My improvement will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of my improved doll. Fig. 2 is avertical section of the same, showing the wire frame a. Fig. 3

is a frame made of spiral wire. frame made of zigzag wire.

- This frame or skeleton could be made of other material, and jointed soas to answer the purpose; but I prefer to use the soft wire withoutjoints, as it is cheaper and will hold the parts in place better thanthe jointed frame. It will be readily understood that the frame may bemade of straight or spiral wire, as shown by Figs. 2 and 3, or in azigzag form, as shown by Fig. 4, and may be applied to the entire bodyand limbs, or only a part thereof, as the manufacturer may desire tomake them.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a hollow flexible rubber doll, providedwith the wire frame A, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WESLEY MILLER.

Fig. 4 is a Witnesses:

J. 0. WILSON, J osEPH TRENT.

